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Friday, 11 November 2016

Reports of racist attacks, hate crimes increase after in US after Trump Victory

(CNN) - Fears of heightened bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for some Americans after Donald Trump's presidential win.

Racist,
pro-Trump graffiti painted inside a high school. A hijab-wearing
college student robbed by men talking about Trump and Muslims.

While
Trump has been accused of fostering xenophobia and Islamophobia, some
of his supporters have used his words as justification to carry out
hateful acts.

Here's what some Americans are dealing with across the country.

'Trump!' written on Muslim prayer room door in NYC

At
the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, students
discovered the name of the President-elect written on the door to a
prayer room for Muslims on Wednesday, school officials said.

"Our campus is not immune to the bigotry that grips America," the NYU Muslim Students Association said in a Facebook posting.

School spokesman Kathleen Hamilton said the school has a lot of immigrant students, with about 20% from abroad.

"It's
a real melting pot here," she said. "We all believe this very much,
that the university is a place of free expression. It has to be safe to
be so."

The NYPD is investigating.
There were no cameras, and the school isn't sure whether a student is
responsible, Hamilton said. She noted that all NYU buildings require a
badge for access.

Graffiti in high school: 'Trump,' 'Whites only,' 'White America'

Student Moses Karngbaye said he was terrified to see racist graffiti sprawled inside a bathroom in his Minnesota high school.

"#Go back to Africa" and
"Make America great again," someone wrote on a toilet paper dispenser at
Maple Grove Senior High School.

"That's the first time I honestly felt like crying at school," Karngbaye told CNN affiliate WCCO.

The bathroom door was also covered with graffiti, including "Whites only," "White America" and "Trump."

Karngbaye sent photos of the graffiti to his mother, who recalled
another message: "Now the white people are going to take over."

Denise Karngbaye told WCCO she takes the attack personally.

"I train my kids to respect everybody, regardless of their race, their ethnicity, their background," she said.

San Diego State University president calls incident 'hate crime'

A
San Diego State University student walking to her car was confronted by
two men who made comments about Trump and Muslims, SDSU police said.

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"Comments
made to the student indicate she was targeted because of her Muslim
faith, including her wearing of a traditional garment and hijab," SDSU
President Elliot Hirshman said in a statement.

The
men grabbed the student's purse and backpack and removed her keys.
After the student returned from calling the police, her car was gone.
The suspects are still at large.

Hirshman called the incident a hate crime.

"We
condemn this hateful act and urge all members of our community to join
us in condemning such hateful acts," he said. "Hate crimes are
destructive to the spirit of our campus, and we urge all members of our
community to stand together in rejecting hate."

Middle school students: 'Build the wall!'

A
day after Trump was elected, some students at Michigan's Royal Oak
Middle School started chanting in the cafeteria: "Build the wall! Build
the wall!"

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A
video of the chanting, which has been viewed millions of times on
social media, appears to stop after a girl mentions the incident is
being recorded.

Phyllis Terry, whose family
owns the JC's Kitchen restaurant next to the graffiti, told the
affiliate she was heartened by the effort to cover up the message.

"I am amazed. I am really touched this morning that the community has rallied together," she said.

Graffiti about 'safe space' at Louisiana university

Authorities
at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette discovered Wednesday
morning that somebody chalked the words "Trump," "Build wall" and
"[Expletive deleted] your safe space" in front of the library, The
Vermillion student newspaper reported on Twitter.

Campus
police Lt. Billy Abrams confirmed the "safe space" chalking is being
investigated because it's offensive. The other chalkings were not being
investigated and all were removed with pressure washing, he said.

Nazi-themed graffiti in Philadelphia

The Anti-Defamation League has decried Nazi-themed graffiti that appeared in South Philadelphia.

"We
are horrified by the appearance of hate graffiti on a storefront in
South Philadelphia," said Nancy K. Baron-Baer, the organization's
regional director, in a statement posted Wednesday on the group's website.
"Swastikas and the Nazi salute send a message of intolerance and hate
to the entire community. The fact that today is the 78th anniversary of
Kristallnacht adds another layer to this already sickening act."

Kristallnacht
was when Nazis rampaged through German towns on November 9-10, 1938,
smashing stores and windows of buildings owned by Jews. The name of the
incident, also known as "Night of the Broken Glass," refers to the
shards of glass left on sidewalks.

Baron-Baer
said the group views the graffiti as an isolated incident but stressed
that "we cannot allow this behavior to become routine."

Philadelphia police reported several incidents in which walls and vehicles were defaced. So far no arrests have been made.

The
words "Sieg Heil 2016" and "Trump" -- with a swastika substituted for
the T in Trump -- were spray-painted on a building's glass window on
South Broad Street, police said.

The
words "Trump Rules," "Trump Rules Black [expletive]" and the letter "T"
were spray-painted on three vehicles and a house on South Sixth Street.
Police said surveillance video captured a male of unknown race doing
the spray-painting about 5 a.m. Wednesday.

A swastika and "Trump" were written on a utility box at Broad and Reed streets.

It was unclear if the graffiti was a protest of Trump or a pro-Nazi act.

Black doll hung from curtain rod at college

At
Canisius College in west New York state, students posted photos of a
black doll hanging from a dormitory curtain rod on social media, and one
student created a meme with language about "Trump fans," college
President John J. Hurley said in a message posted on the school website.

Hurley
said the "disturbing incident" started when a campus visitor left the
black doll in a dorm laundry room Tuesday night. Students placed the
doll in an elevator as a prank, he said, and people took photos and
posted them on social media. Some people mistook two strings that
attached the doll's head to the body as a noose, he said.

Later,
students took the doll to a residence hall and hung it from the curtain
rod. Students who saw those photos notified campus police, who
investigated, Hurley said.

Students
have been suspended and may be expelled, he said. An outside
investigator will be hired to determine if any students should be
prosecuted for possible hate crimes, as several parents and students
urged, Hurley said. He did not name the students or say how many were
involved, citing privacy concerns.

On
Wednesday, the school held an open session on the doll incident
attended by about 300 people. "It is clear to me that this episode has
exposed some deeply held concerns among our students of color and that
we need to go well beyond addressing the immediate incident involving
the doll," Hurley said.

California student: Man yanked my hijab

A
student at San Jose State University said she was walking to her car in
a parking garage Wednesday afternoon when a man came up behind her and
pulled at her head scarf.

The
force he used caused the victim to lose her balance and choked her. The
suspect, who ran away, was a fair-skinned male wearing a dark colored
hooded sweatshirt.

Campus officials are investigating. "No one should experience this kind of behavior at San Jose State," the school said.

Students
staged a rally on Wednesday morning at the Tommie Smith and John Carlos
statue to protest the election of Donald Trump, the San Jose
Mercury-News reported. A fight broke out between Trump supporters and
other students, the newspaper said.

'Deportation' letters handed out at school

A
student at Shasta High School in Redding, California, posted a video on
Twitter of himself handing letters with the word "deportation" written
across the top to half a dozen students, school district Superintendent
Jim Cloney said in a statement.

The
students appeared to be of a variety of ethnicities, Cloney said. After
talking to the student and his parents, the video was taken down,
Cloney said. The student said he thought the video was funny, Cloney
said.

"Needless to say, we don't
think this sort of behavior is funny nor reflective of the culture of
Shasta High," he said. He said appropriate discipline will be applied.